Carine Gilson - Spring 2011 Collection

A favorite look from the new season!

This look is also our favorite

Okay, another favorite...

Favorite!  Simply apply this comment to all pictures in this post...

images courtesy of Carine Gilson

We hope you are excited as we are to see the new Spring 2011 Carine Gilson collection!  Just when you think you have seen her best work, she blows us away with a fresh interpretation of her luxury intimates.  For instance, this season we see the addition of new shapes such as the satin romper and jumpsuit.  There's also the new flirty silk half slips (one of which looks like it can tied so that it can be worn as a wrap around the shoulders or around the waist). We have a feeling many of you will love the 1940s-inspired emerald green robe, which is certain to help you channel your inner Rita Hayworth (or Veronica Lake, who Carine has said is an inspiration of hers)!
We have posted 20 of our favorite looks here, but you can see the entire collection (all 48 images) on Carine Gilson's website.  We recently saw a limited number of styles from this season while shopping at Barney's (the Madison Ave. location), but unfortunately didn't see any of the more interesting loungewear pieces shown here (same case on Net-a-Porter).
For any of you traveling to Abu Dhabi or Moscow in March & April, Carine is hosting a trunk show with her new goodies!  Also, for those of you who don't quite have a Carine Gilson budget (= loads of money), she does offer a diffusion label called RITUEL (which simply translates to 'ritual').  Carine has done a diffusion line in the past (we recall seeing one about 3-4 years ago in Paris) but tends to be a bit more on the down-low about those collections.  In fact, she will not let stores carry both her diffusion line and couture line at the same time so as not to confuse customers about her branding.  The RITUEL line is pretty much a collection of Carine's basics (we recently saw their Fall 2011 catalog) and may be best-suited for the person who simply wants to wear a Carine Gilson label without the usual Carine Gilson price!

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A Teensy Bit of Lingerie

images via The 88, Josephine Skriver, photos by Nicky De Silva

Pretty much that first picture was so pretty, we had to do this post.  We're not sure if it's the cool velvet jacket or those beautifully simple thigh highs that make it so perfect.  At this point we're convinced that stockings (with very little pattern or lace) make every editorial a favorite.  We have a feeling we say that a lot. 

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Mila Kunis for W Magazine

Mila Kunis for W Magazine, photo by Craig McDean

Mila Kunis on the cover of the March 2011 issue of W Magazine is relevant to our blog for two reasons:  A gorgeous Eres bra graces the cover of the issue (yay lingerie!) and her Chanel robe/coat with the feather collar and sleeves is quite reminiscent of the famous ostrich feather burlesque robes sold on our website!   It's one of those photos you can easily recreate with a quick visit to fairefroufrou.com.  Finding lingerie on the cover of a magazine this year is much harder to find than it was one year ago, so we're tickled to see this!

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Mimi Holliday - Spring 2011

 images via Mimi Holliday / Damaris

We're hard-pressed to find a customer who doesn't like or wear Mimi Holliday.  The designs are adorable and the prices are just right (for a luxury boutique label). We introduced the Spring 2011 collection into our shop two weeks ago, and it's been selling quickly...we're not sure this collection will make it to Summer at Faire Frou Frou!  In any event, the new season brings out the usual Mimi Holliday playfulness and some fun color choices.  We absolutely love the new Pompier group (shown at the top) that was created in a deep indigo (purple).  It's an unexpected color choice for a Spring collection, and it works!  Our next favorite is the Frou Frou group in a delightful lilac...yes, it's our namesake collection.  We kind of wonder if we were in mind when Damaris designed it! 

You can shop some of the new arrivals on our website here.  

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Back-to-Back The Lake & Stars

 images via Refinery 29, photos by Kava Gorna

Though we typically don't feature a designer's collections until it's available in stores, we made an exception for The Lake & Stars.  We figure that if Refinery 29 can do it, so will we!  The Fall 2011 collection was unveiled as part of NYFW and we are definitely in love.  The designers Nikki Dekker and Maayan Zilberman made a point of showing that their designs look fantastic on most body types, not just lanky models.  We hope you enjoy this sneak peek as much as we do, and we look forward to doing an in-depth look at the collection once it hits our sales floor this August (but in the meantime, to learn more about their inspiration for their latest designs, visit their blog here).  

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The Lake & Stars - Shop-in-Room

 

 images via The Lake & Stars, Waldorf shop photos by Alan Chan, catalog photos by Tom Hines

We typically showcase the latest collections from The Lake & Stars, but this time around we want to showcase the place where you can see The Lake & Stars in all its glory: Vancouver's Waldorf Hotel.  The newly renovated hotel has a room dedicated to this fashion-forward lingerie label with a theme/decor that will change seasonally with each collection.  It is probably every designer's dream to have their creations displayed with such exclusivity.  The shop-in-room launched in January 2011 and the above pictures display the slightly fetish-inspired Fall/Winter pieces.  The last image is a glimpse at the current Spring 2011 season, which can be seen in its entirety here. 

So, who's going to make the trek to Vancouver to see the mini shop...it certainly is enticing now that The Lake & Stars is there!

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